"It was just an unconditional gift." self reflections of non-directed living kidney donors

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 589-599

  Tong, Allison ^a,b   Craig, Jonathan C ^a,b   Wong, Germaine ^a,b,c   Morton, John ^d   Armstrong, Sarah ^d   Schollum, John ^e   Cross, Nick ^d,f  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e DUNEDIN HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interviews; Kidney transplantation; Living donors; Psychosocial aspects; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTIVATION; NEW ZEALAND; NON DIRECTED LIVING KIDNEY DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; TRUST;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEPHRECTOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84864958493     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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